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SWE is formed
-“National Organization” created at Camp Green
-Loosely connecting “sections” women engineers and engineer students
-BOD is created with 5 officers, 3 directors at large, and 1 director from each section
-Predecessor of both today’s BOD and Senate -
EC and CSR Structure Created
-The BOD had grown too large due to the number of sections and 8 student sections had not representation
BOD is dissolved in favor of bicameral (2 house) governing structure
-Executive Committee (EC) – Executive and Administrative arm of the Society
4 Officers and 5 Additional Voting Members
-Council of Section Representatives (CSR) – Legislative arm
--1 Meeting per year at convention (1st 1959)
--Students could attend meeting but no vote
--1 MAL appointed by the President -
Collegiate Voice Added
-CSR approved student representation on the CSR
-Students were organized in 4 “Regions” I, II, III, IV
-Students 1st voted in 1976 -
Additional MAL Representation
-Voted to increase the number of MAL Representatives from 1 to 2 -
Early Talk of Restructure
-In the fall of FY81 Long Range Planning Committee recommended hiring an Executive Director, expanding Staff, and moving to a Region Structure
-In June 1981 at Convention EC and CSR discussed regionalization and referred it back to Long Range Planning
-The plan was worked for 2 years before being presented to the CSR in 1983 -
Larger Collegiate Voice
-1982 Increased to 6 Collegiates with 2 new “Regions” -
Options/Vote for CSR
-7 Region Structure that the CSR amended to 10 Region Structure of today with 1 minor change
-Collegiate Regions to be realigned to match professional Regions
-Majority Proposal for Restructure
--21 Member BOD
---5 Officers, 14 Directors (10 region directors, 2 at large, 2 student), past president, and executive director
--Region Councils Replace CSR
---Bylaws and due changes handled at region level
-Minority Proposal for Restructure
--Move to regions without EC or CSR changes -
Regionalization and Debate of Council Role
-1984 CSR meeting more improvements made to both plans and EC feedback added
-Ultimately in FY85 by mail ballot voted to:
--Establish 10 Regions
--Move from EC to BOD
--Add Region Directors to the BOD
--Leave the CSR intact
--Create Region Councils
--Move Professional Sections to Proportional Representation
---1 vote per 100 up to 4 -
MAL Representation Changes
-CSR amended by-laws to have regional MAL Representation
--Before this CSR was capped at 4 MAL Representatives elected MAL wide.
--Region by-laws required region MALs, but not all region MALs were on CSR and not all MAL CSRs were served on region councils -
CSR Transition Team Forms
-Motion is passed at CSR meeting to create a task force to examine the future role of the council -
CSR name change to COR
-Voted to change name to Council of Representatives (COR)
--Name was more inclusive of collegiates and MALs -
Bylaws change and reorganization
-At FY04 Meeting COR voted to change role from chief policy making body to a more strategic body
-Now COR to develop and adopt the long range goals for the Society
-Retained ability to set dues and approve bylaws changes
-Created Speaker and Deputy Speaker Roles -
Region get collegiate 2nd vote for >1000 collegians
-Based on idea from FY07 RCRs, FY08 RCRs proposed increasing collegiate representation from 1 per region to 1 per 1,000 collegiates not to exceed 2.
-FY08 COR approved motion and in FY09 14 RCRs -
International Members added
-International Members gained representation on COR -
Vote to change from COR to Senate
-The Governance FIG began exploring the role of the COR moving forward in ~2006
-The Mega issue at the 2007 conference was the structure and role of the COR moving forward.
-Coming out of the COR meeting in FY08 the GFIG was tasked with proposing a new structure for COR
--Focusing on how to make the group more effective -
FY10 Senate
The FY10 Senate was the first group of Senators to take on the new role. -
Removal of Alternates
In FY13, the senate voted to remove the alternate role except for international senators. -
New SWE Logo
A special projects committee was formed and agreed with the BOD on moving forward with a special project on branding. The senate voted on the new logo and other branding campaigns in FY15. -
Electronic Bylaws Voting
The senate passed an amendment to allow for electronic voting on bylaws changes. This change has stricter requirements for how an item will pass or not. -
Governance Changes Approved
The Senate approved motions granting collegiate members full voting rights, dissolving U.S. geographical regions, and establishing the five standing committees: audit, bylaws, ethics, finance, and nominating to conduct the business of the Society.
